Sandrow Yiddish Plays for Reading and Performance

1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4384-8191-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 350 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Contemporary Jewish Literature and Culture

Three stageworthy plays and nine individual scenes that offer an introduction to Yiddish theater at its liveliest.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sandrow, Nahma

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatur: Sammlungen, Anthologien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface: Yiddish Theater in Theatrical Context

Plays

Mirele Efros; or, The Jewish Queen Lear by Jacob Gordin

Yankl the Blacksmith by David Pinski

Yoshke the Musician (The Hired Bridegroom, The Rented Bridegroom, The Singer of His Sorrow) by Osip Dimov, reworked by Joseph Buloff

Scenes

From Uncle Moses by Sholem Asch

From Homeless by Jacob Gordin

From Safo by Jacob Gordin

From Carcass by Peretz Hirschbein

From Between Day and Night by Peretz Hirschbein

From Mishke and Moshke; or, Europeans in America (Mishke and Moshke; or, The Greenhorns) by Joseph Lateiner

From Khantshe in America by Nahum Rakov

From Riverside Drive by Leon Kobrin

From The 2,000 (The Big Prize, The Big Lottery, The Jackpot) by Sholem Aleichem

Appendix: How to Pronounce Yiddish Words and Names

Über Autor(innen)

Nahma Sandrow, a playwright and librettist, is Professor Emerita at City University of New York. Her books include Vagabond Stars: A World History of Yiddish Theater and God, Man, and Devil: Yiddish Plays in Translation. Many of her translations have been produced professionally, and the award-winning shows she developed out of Yiddish material (Kuni-Leml, Vagabond Stars) enjoyed long off-Broadway runs before touring, receiving rave reviews in the New York Times and other major New York newspapers, as well as Variety and the Associated Press.